Re: Your top 5 performances from 2012 (weekend two edition)

Originally Posted by clleadz

Seriously. It really did seem that Sweden and Britain were demographically over represented this year in the bands, which I liked.

Because the Brits and Swedes still prefer Rock 'n' Roll over Hip Hop and Electronica, not that way anymore in the States. If you want a decent Rock 'n' roll portion in a festival line-up these days, you almost have to look oversees to fill a whole bill. Not enough rock 'n' roll talent in America alone to do it without bringing back half the same acts every year.

Re: Your top 5 performances from 2012 (weekend two edition)

1. Pulp
2. St Vincent
3. Metronomy
4. M83
5. I'm waffling on this one, but I'd probably put Gotye in the last spot... aside from the drummer totally losing the beat in the first song... to the point that the rest of the band turned around looking at him like "what the fuck, man?"

Re: Your top 5 performances from 2012 (weekend two edition)

Originally Posted by westernwarrior

I respect Greg Ginn as a musician, but I just couldn't tell what he was doing up there.

Fair enough. You had to be close to be able to get that aspect out of it, especially since he kept his guitar and theremin quite low in the mix. When the crew tried turning it up, he turned it right back down. I liked what I heard, but left after 20 minutes to see Seun Kuti.